60% of e-patients engage with social media
Review of our emerging e-patient landscape ::
- 61% of total population – 83% of online population
- 64% of women; 57% of men
- 65% of whites; 51% blacks; 44% Hispanics
- 72% of 18-29-year-olds
- 71% of 30-49-year-olds
- 59% of 50-64-year-olds
- 27% of those 65 and older are e-patients
Emerging e-patient activities ::
- 47% of adults have used the internet to get information about doctors or other health professionals
- 41% have read someone else’s commentary or experience about health or medical issues on an online news group or blog
- 38% have gotten information about hospitals
- 33% have gotten information about how to lose or control their weight
- 27% have gotten information about health insurance
- 24% have consulted rankings or reviews online of hospitals
- 12% have gotten information about how to stay healthy on an overseas trip
- 24% have consulted rankings or reviews of doctors
- 19% have signed up to receive updates about health or medical issues
- 13% have listened to a podcast about health or medical issues
- 5% have reviewed a doctor
- 4% have reviewed a hospital
* Data is extracted from the Pew Internet and Life Project Report
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Nicola Ziady 
July 24, 2010 at 5:25 am |
your blog’s design is simple and clean….
Mind if I use some of the information from this post if I provide a link back to your site?…
August 10, 2010 at 8:57 pm |
Of course not! Please do. Thank you. Kr, Nicola
July 19, 2010 at 2:47 am |
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